The Tuvalu national rugby sevens team (Tuvalu 7s) participates in the Rugby Sevens competitions at the Pacific Games and the Oceania Sevens Championship.
History The Tuvalu Rugby Union (TRU) was established in 2007 as the organising body for Rugby Union in Tuvalu. The TRU selects the members of the Tuvalu 7s.
Tuvalu is a lower ranking rugby nation, with the Tuvalu 7s focusing on skills development. The Tuvalu 7s lost all their matches at the 2011 Pacific Games, and at the 2017 Oceania Sevens Championships.
Elenoa Kunatuba was the Tuvalu men’s 7s coach, at the 2019 Pacific Games; she selected seven new players for the games squad.
In 2023, Tuvalu competed at the 2023 Oceania Sevens Championship where they finished eleventh overall.
Players
Current squad Tuvalu's squad to the 2023 Pacific Games in Honiara, Solomon Islands: PlayersTimoci VidiMataese DumaruAsuelu Teniukita FalaimoTiliga LomiataTaitai MikaVaisameni NafataliLeiatu Fatiga PapaLofeagai SanailaRomeo SovatabuSimeon TaasiJohn Jazzy TalavaIliala TolauapiJotame Levaci Sokobalavu TupoulewaSileti Viliamu
Tournament History
Pacific Games Pacific GamesYearRoundPosition 1999Did Not Compete 2003 20079th Place Playoff10th5005 201111th Place Playoff12th5005 2015Did Not Compete 20199th Place Playoff10th5005 20239th Place Playoff9th4202Total0 Titles4/7192017
Oceania Sevens Oceania SevensYearRoundPosition2008–12Did Not Compete 20137th Place Playoff8th60062014–16Did Not Compete 2017Pool Stage13th3003 201811th Place Playoff11th5203 201911th Place Playoff11th6204 2021Did Not Compete 2022 202311th Place Playoff11th5203Total0 Titles5/15256019
References
See also
Rugby union in Tuvalu Sport in Tuvalu